HyperDic: alkahest

English > 1 sense of the word alkahest:
NOUNsubstancealkahest, alcahest, universal solventhypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists
alkahest > pronunciation
Soundsae'lkahhheh.st
Rhymesabreast ... zest: 76 rhymes with ehst...
English > alkahest: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
Meaninghypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists.
Synonymsalcahest, universal solvent
Broadersolvent, dissolvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, resolventA liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances
Spanishalcahest, alkahest
Catalanalcahest, alkahest
Adjectivesalkahesticof or pertaining to the alkahest that alchemists assumed to exist

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